Basel 0-5 FC Barcelona: result and report

Basel 0-5 FC Barcelona

Champions League · Wednesday 22 October 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-3

Basel · FC Barcelona · Champions League predictions

Basel were beaten by FC Barcelona 0-5 in the Champions League on Wednesday 22 October 2008. It was 0-3 at half-time.

Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Basel did not score. FC Barcelona scored through Lionel Messi (4'), Sergio Busquets (15'), Bojan Krkic (22'), Bojan Krkic (46') and Xavi (48').

Discipline: Basel received 2 yellow cards; FC Barcelona received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Basel were 9th on 11 points from 6 and FC Barcelona 14th on 9 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Basel lined up in a 4-4-2 and FC Barcelona in a 4-3-3.

Going into the match Basel's last five read L-W-W-D-W and FC Barcelona's W-W-L-W.